AI Engineer, Vendr
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SaaS buying platform
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SaaS buying platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To change how companies find, buy, and manage SaaS.
Role
Who you are
- If you're excited about leveraging cutting-edge tools like OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, and building robust AI systems internally, we want you on our team
- 7+ years of experience in data engineering with a strong focus on AI, particularly LLMs and related technologies
- Proficiency in tools and frameworks like OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, and human-in-the-loop platforms like Humanloop
- Experience with full-stack development, particularly with SST and React, and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- A proven track record of implementing AI-driven solutions in production environments
- Strong problem-solving skills and excellent communication abilities, enabling effective collaboration with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Desirable
- Experience with AI applications in SaaS or procurement platforms
- Familiarity with MLOps practices and the ability to contribute to open-source AI projects
- An advanced degree (Master’s/Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field
- A passion for staying ahead of the curve in AI technology and continuously pushing the envelope in AI applications
What the job involves
- As we scale, we're looking for a Staff AI Software Engineer with a deep focus on large language models (LLMs) and a passion for pushing the boundaries of AI
- This role will be instrumental in bringing advanced AI capabilities to both our customers and internal stakeholders, directly impacting our core product and operations
- Lead AI projects focused on leveraging LLMs to enhance our marketplace and back-office tools, pushing AI capabilities into the hands of customers and internal stakeholders
- Work on innovative solutions such as document extraction, spiderbot scraping, contract grading, and automated negotiation systems, just to name a few
- Collaborate closely with product teams to integrate AI into Marketplace and our other products, driving more valuable customer experiences
- Build and maintain scalable AI infrastructure using tools like SST and React for our Backoffice stack, ensuring seamless integration and performance
- Mentor and guide team members, fostering an environment of continuous learning and innovation
Our take
For enterprises, purchasing software is often a drawn-out and expensive process involving multiple stakeholders and salespeople. Vendr has built a platform that allows businesses to purchase software using software. The aim is to make enterprise software purchases as easy as consumer product purchases.
It's a lucrative business, not just because of the proliferation of B2B SaaS tools, but also because of the revenue potential: Vendr charges its customers between 1% and 5% of its software spend that it manages. This model works for Vendr and its customers, as the latter will typically save significantly more than this by using Vendr.
Vendr has already supported an impressive set of customers, including Canva, Grammarly, GitLab, Brex, HubSpot and InVision. An example of its commitment to improvement is in the launch of Vendr 2.0, that combines its SaaS purchasing and management products to give enterprise customers enhanced visibility into software purchase and use, allowing them to reduce overspend and purchase better software faster and cheaper.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2022
$150m
SERIES B
Feb 2022
$66m
LATE VC
Total funding: $282m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental & vision: We offer competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance which includes 100% employer paid premiums and an HSA contribution.
- Time off & hybrid work: We encourage flexibility and rest, including unlimited PTO, a WFH stipend, the option to work from our Boston and Charleston offices whenever, an annual company-wide week-long shutdown in July, 12 paid company holidays, and more.
- Mental health & wellbeing: The wellbeing of our team is critical to our success, which is why we offer a wellness/gym reimbursement, a paid Calm app subscription, virtual “Wellness Wednesday Yoga” sessions, and more.
- Parental leave: We offer biological, adoptive, and foster parents paid time off to spend quality time with family.
- Retirement planning: We want planning for the future to come easy so we provide a 401k with a 4% match.
- Growth & development: You'll have access to an annual education reimbursement, success guides, and our manager training and enablement program.
- Culture & workplace: We are a remote-first company and love to get together for in-person events to strengthen relationships.
Company values
- Kindness-as-a-Service: We strive to be friendly, generous, candid, and considerate in all of our interactions, specifically those that can evoke a lot of emotion, like a negotiation. We keep others top of mind with everything we do, and we believe it is unkind to sugarcoat truths.
- Create fair playing fields, everywhere: We believe that opportunity is abundant, as long as we create a world in which everyone plays by a fair set of rules. We believe in identifying what playing fields are unfair, and working to change them. When the fields are fair, excellence becomes clear – and clearly rewarded.
- V is for velocity: Our bias is always toward speed in the right direction. We prioritize shipping over polishing. We know that the best way to move fast is for everyone to feel ownership and autonomy over their work.
- Pursue truth: We care more about what is right than who is right. We have the curiosity to want to seek out truth. We pride ourselves on being data-informed and work to share data wherever and to whomever it may help.
Company HQ
Back Bay East, Boston, MA
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Leadership
Ryan Neu
(CEO)Prior to founding Vendr, Neu was head of Enterprise Sales for InVision and Director of SMB Sales for HubSpot.
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